Sammamish River Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Sammamish River Park near Wayne, WA. It climbs 565 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sammamish River Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 565 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 18–483 ft
Out & Back · Sammamish River Park
Trailhead: 47.74509, -122.19822
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Waynita Way NE & NE 155th St stop 520 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 8:06 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:10 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Waynita Way NE & NE 155th St stop 520 m from the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2 mi · ▲ 594 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 610 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 550 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 610 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 679 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 650 ft
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